expiredDell Inspiron 15R (i7, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, 15.6") for $999

I thought this Dell laptop was a good deal for $999 with i7 processor, 1 TB HDD and 8 GB RAM so why not post it as my first OzBargain deal!
Tips for the Add-Ons: Remove 1 year on-call help and gain a further $10 if you know how to setup the computer/wireless, remove viruses, etc. I'd rather google the problem than deal with the call-centre anyway..
Add Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English) Media DVD only for only $2.22
The system also includes McAfee® Security Center™ (Multi-Language) - 15 Months subscription which can be converted to 36 Months for an additional $24.20

The only downsides for me are the screen resolution (1366x768) and the lack of a Blu-Ray player.

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Nothing is wrong with them.
For an inspiron actually sounds like he likes the build quality.
But there's nothing special about dell laptops. Higher class discrete graphics can be had in the price range mentioned.

$400 off for dell these days is nothing. Their laptops are so ridiculously highly priced in the first place.

I am so fed up with trying to find a decent laptop these days that I will almost buy whatever the next person recommends lol. I think that Lenovo offer expired but there's another one going for $898 Before $99 Cash Card but not as good as the other deal? I am also in limbo for waiting for a nice ultrabook deal..

We have a fleet of 700+ latitudes (mostly e6 series) & our failure rate around 3% (there has been some problem models we have avoided ect. e5510 ) my last role where we had HP's and it was around 10%. We have a few inspirons going on 2 years old now, a few cracked hinges, a few have charging circuit failures a few cathode failures but overall better than what I have seen with other makes.

I too have a similar experience. I've got a Dell bought in 2007 and been traveling with me a lot and was heavily used but still going strong. Recently I've bought 2 Lenovos. Both broken in 3 months. One of them was my fault as I dropped it from my bed and cracked the case. (Dell had fallen so many times and nothing happened) The other Lenovo lost it's screen in a month without doing anything but just sitting on table. Lenovo said the screen had a small crack in side the panel and got me to pay another $350 to replace the LCD panel. I couldn't think of any reason to get the screen cracked. Only thing I can guess is that I hold the laptop in one hand couple of times with the lid closed when I moved the laptop to a different table. Otherwise it was sitting in my office room all the time. After repair I now never move that laptop. It's just sitting on one table as a desktop. That's how I should use my Lenovo.
Still I believe Dell is bit over priced these days. No doubt that it's a better brand but they will face the same problem that Sony is facing now against Samsung. By the time other laptop brands improve their quality while grabbing the whole market with their cheaper price Dell can easily loose the battle few years down the line not now.

I've had a couple of inspirons and have taken them to work and back every day, and never had any issues with build quality. Certainly the build quality isn't any worse than other models in this price range.

I'm still using my Inspiron 1525 from 4(?) years back! I'm the computer handyman/repair guy in my family and friend circle and mine is the only one to have never failed. They have HPs and Toshibas they were bought sometime last year, yet we all agree that my old Inspiron is the best.

The inspirons rarely are good gaming laptops. IMO though there's not that much advantage for getting an i7 2670 over an i7 2630, and you can find plenty of 2630 models (in other brands) for ~$300 less, so I don't think this is very good value.

Meh, I just bought an ASUS 13.3" UX31E Ultrabook yesterday, so it is end of discussion for me. It was %15 off @ DSE with 2 years anti-theft bonus (worth $49.99) and I called JB HI-FI for a price beat. They matched the price but they didn't have the anti-theft bonus (which only remotely locks up your laptop when stolen) so they offered another $50 OFF! I ended up buying it for $1130. Deal ended yesterday and the price is back to $1389 @ DSE today, I saved $259 and feeling very lucky!!